The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-23
TIE iehr-S!ais Csmmsrcs Commission on toe
Standard OIL Gases.
The Charges Made Against the Vsr.ou5 Bail
! roads, AID Their Rsplss.
Tie Standard Company U;ss It's Own Cars
While Others Ship W Barrels.
Ts-iinony brought B' fore the Commission
What standa I'd Oil Man Has to
Say-DecS sions Rendered.

WhsHIN'fEyrE, November 21.-The Inter
State Co Ar,erce Commission to-day de-
ended tAesoase of E. B. Raymond against
the CAiclgo, Milwaukee and ST. Paul Rail-
way Company. The complaint was that
the company had established rates on
branch line unreasonably high, land di-
verted business to towns on the main line.
The answer OF the com pany was that the
branch line rates were reasonable, but that
il had been compelled by competition to
make rates two low on the main line. The
Commission sustained the answer ss to
the first defense, but not as to the second.
In the case OF the Manufacturers and
JobOeIs' Union, OF Mankato, Minn., against
the Minneapolis and st. Louis Railwa an
agree ment was reached between the par
ties after the hearing and before the opin-
ion was announced, and the commission
hles its opinion treating this as a settle
ment without promulgating its finding on
the facts proved.
The Inter State Commerce Commission,
to-day, began the hearing of the COM
plants in the Standard Oil case. These
are the complaints of George Rice, OF
Marietta, Ohio. against a number of rail-
roads, alleging against some discrimina-
tion in favor of the Standard Oil Company
against others violations of the long and
abort haul provision, and against all un-
reasonable and unjust rates. Fifty or
sixty gentlemen are in attendance,
lawyers and witnesses; and the proceed
ings are likely to consume several days.
There are thirteen petitions in all, but only
ten OF the cases are being tried at this
time. Messrs. J. Randolph Tucker, Roger
b. Loomis and A. ID. Follett appear for
complainant, The railroads are represented
ss follows: S. H. Noble and E. D. Baxter
for the Louisville and Nashville; E L.
Russell for the Mobile and Ohio; Holmes
Cummings for the Newport News and Mis-
md he Ne OrIo
vile and Texas II. B. Money for the
Mississippi and Tennessee and the Illinois
Central; Edward Folston and Charles NJ.
Cist for fhe Cincinnati, New Orleans and
Texas Pacific: John S. Blair aud Thomas
j. SPORTS for tie st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern, and w. Baxter for the East
Tennessee, Virginia snd Georgia.
The complaint against the Louisville,.and
Nashville road was read in full and the
points wherein it differed from the others
was explained by Judge Loomis verbally.
The reply of the Louisville and Nashville
was also read. A general denial is made of
unreasonable charges and violation of the
long and short provisions. and the alleged
discrimination is ex planned upon the theory
that the Standard Oil Company furnishes
its own tank cars, while the complainant
ships in barrels in thescompany's cars, cre-
atiDg substantial difference of circum-
stances and conditions. The case having
for complainants began reading deposi-
tioDs.
In his deposition Virgil Powers, Com.
missioner of the Southern Railway and
Steamship Association, in substance testi-
fed to the belief that the rate per hundred
pounds should be the same, whether the
oil is carried in tanks or barrels His fur
tner testimony tended to show that tank
cars recorded as of a given capacity in
reality were much larger, Fifty-one tank
cars which had been weighed showed an
sggre gate capacity of A, 900 pounds more
than the recorded capacity, upon which
charges were based.
d. r. Payne, OF Cleveland, Ohio, assist
ant manager OF the Union Tank Line, was
sworn and mis- examination consumed the
afternoon session. 1t was developed that
he had been subpWnaed to bring certain
books and papers showing the capacities
of all The cars Of his company but acting
under advice, he had not brought them.
He was prepared, however, to show by q
statement gotten mp by Mr.. Page, of the
Standard Oil Company, of Kentucky, the
capacities of all the cars operating south
of the Ohio. which statement the with ess
had checked off and found correct. Counsel
for complainant wasindisposed to submit to
this, but the matter was left in abeza ance for
the present. Witness testified that the
Union Tank Line cars were owned by the
Standard Oil Company, of Ohio. Could not
testify whether the Union Tank Line was q
corporation or not, or whether it was own
ed and operated entirely by the Standard
Oil Company, Of Ohio. Some railroads paid
mileage on the tank cars and some did not.
He was not prepared to state definitely
what lines did or did not, nor what cir
eumstances Influenced the matter. The
Union Tank Line owned about three
thousand cars. The other tank Car COM
psnies Of the country owned over twenty.
Two hundred, including the Green Line,
whose cars number over 100.